The city of Shanghai is enduring a strict lockdown that has left many of the residents of China’s financial capital confined to their homes for a month or more, with some experiencing severe food shortages. With cases dropping over the past four days, the municipal health commission said it will allow for limited movement in districts that have basically no community spread of the coronavirus. At the same time, capital city Beijing is now on alert, meaning that the zero-Covid policy enacted by Chinese President Xi Jinping has put the world’s second-largest economy constantly on the edge of lockdown.
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